Senator Feinstein needs to resign.

[Cattledog]

She has had a long and illustrious career. She is hurting the party because of ego thinking she is going to return and be a productive
member of the Senate. There comes a time in everyone's life when you have to face reality and move on.

[Meadowoak]

1. Yes.

[anciano]

2. Agreed.

Well said.

[True Blue American]

5. I feel for her

But for the good of the Congress now I wish she would. Dianne has been a wonderful Senator with many accomplishments, she can be proud.

On the other hand I can name several Republicans who need to go. Grassley, Graham, he is nuts and Ted Cruz.. Josh Hawley is a traitor.

[inthewind21]

3. Little

late to the pile on party.

[Faux pas]

4. ...

[RockRaven]

6. No, she needs to find a way to cast votes.

McTurtle has signaled his intention to block her replacement on the committee even if she resigns. So that needs to be taken into account. Her resignation will apparently not solve the problem, because the Repukes have gotten their teeth into a new way to obstruct judicial nominees, and they won't be letting it go.

[Cha]

9. Exactly.. TY Seems not everyone

knows this and they need to.

[awesomerwb1]

12. You're exactly right.

Hopefully she gets healthy soon and can get back to DC for the important votes.

[diane in sf]

19. I agree, they should be letting her vote via Zoom. The Dems should insist on this. She shouldn't

have run last time. The Repugs will f around with anything requiring their input, which is why resigning now won’t work.

[Phoenix61]

23. No he did not. He said he would block a temporary replacement.

So her resigning would absolutely solve the problem.

[RockRaven]

29. Accepting McTurtle's utterances as unchanging gospel truth is foolish in the extreme.

He is a political opportunist who ruthlessly pursues increasing his side's power. Look to his history of proclaiming a position on an issue as standing upon an inviolable standard/principle and flipping the script the minute he can gain from doing so. (Painfully obvious example: Scalia/Garland vs RBG/Handmaiden)

If you cannot spot this as a reason not to take risks based upon words which escaped his face-hole, I cannot help you protect yourself from harm.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. If she resigns , not a single Biden judge will get confirmed for the rest of his term

Otherwise, I would agree with you.

[Marius25]

11. Didn't you tell me yesterday this isn't impacting judicial confirmations?

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. It hasn't, yet

There are a batch of nominees who were already passed out of committee before Feinstein’s absence, and are just awaiting floor votes for final confirmation- they should be safe.

Last week, Biden submitted a new batch of a couple dozen nominees to the committee; those nominees, and any future nominees, would be blocked by Republicans if Feinstein should resign.

[edisdead]

17. This is not difficult to understand

This far her absence has not really resulted in a negative impact. If she resigns the repubs will not allow is to replace her. So do you really want her to resign? Why?

[Phoenix61]

24. That's not true. They are blocking a temporary replacement.

They correctly assert it has never been done before and the don’t see a reason to do it now. There is a process for replacing a Senator who is unable to complete their term.

[edisdead]

27. They will block the person appointed to the committee

[Phoenix61]

34. How do you know that? It's not been said and

several Rs have indicated they would vote for a permanent replacement. We only need 10.

[edisdead]

35. Uh huh. Sure.

[Phoenix61]

39. So you don't know, it's your opinion. That's what I thought. nt

[edisdead]

41. thats right. thats what discussion forums are for

also you go ahead and trust that republicans won’t use a method to meep judges from being appointed.

[Captain Zero]

32. If I was her, I'd say wheel my ass in there

And I'll vote.

[Cattledog]

22. A number of R Senators would support a permanent replacement.

"some Senate Republicans said this week they would not object to approving a permanent replacement for Feinstein, they were opposed to any temporary measure."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/18/democrats-still-face-feinstein-dilemma-replacement-bid-fails/

[Phoenix61]

25. Thank you. I knew I had seen it but couldn't find it. nt

[edisdead]

28. Look at lucy holding that football.

[DURHAM D]

8. Nope.

Roll her in on a gurney if necessary.

[Marius25]

10. I agree, but the damage is already done.

Republicans won't allow her replacement on the Judiciary committee either.

I really don't understand why we didn't learn from the RBG situation. I'm just baffled.

[JanLip]

14. I'm baffled as well.

Jan

[Phoenix61]

26. That's not true. They won't allow a temp replacement. nt

[Marius25]

40. Jon Tester said they won't allow a full replacement if she resigns either

[edisdead]

36. what votes has she missed?

Setiously what consequential votes has she missed?

And prople are arguing that she NEEDS to retire and thinking her replacement will sail through because *checks notes* some republicans SAID they wouldn’t stop it?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!


Ok yeah. Sure. However decades of history…….

[we can do it]

13. If that happens she will not be replaced on judiciary, brilliant thinking.

[Frasier Balzov]

16. Senator Feinstein is diminished in her capacity to even make this decision.

She is dependent on her staff to tell her what to do.

They are not even bringing the call for her resignation to her attention.

She's truly in a bubble surrounded by people desperately clinging to their jobs.

[edisdead]

18. source?

Because that’s a whole lot of claims about a lot of folks.

[onenote]

33. And you know this how?

See post #31.

[in2herbs]

20. To what end as long as Durbin is so committed to the Blue Slip process? nt

[maxsolomon]

21. This OP is repetitive. We have multiple threads discussing it.

You should self-delete.

[GuppyGal]

30. Time to start trashing these threads....THAT IS IT I'M DONE

[onenote]

31. What qualifies you to make the judgment that she won't be able to return and be a productive

member of the Senate?

She was a productive member of the Senate for the four years of her current term prior to her shingles illness. Over the last nine months of 2022, she missed only 2 votes out of 300. In the last Congress she sponsored more legislation than some of her colleagues and saw more of those bills through to enactment than some of her colleagues. Between Januar 3 and her becoming ill in late February, she missed only two votes -- fewer than Bernie Sanders, Bob Casey, and John Fetterman. She didn't miss any Judiciary Committee votes during that time -- something that Peter Welch of Vermont can't say -- he missed a bunch of Judiciary Committee votes on February 2. Fortunately, believe it or not, Lindsay Graham broke with the rest of the Repubs on the Committee and provided the deciding vote in support of 10 of the nominees being considered.

[MrsCoffee]

38. Thank you.

[MrsCoffee]

37. Feinstein deserves the opportunity to make a full recovery before being jostled out of office

The same opportunity given to other Democrats. Fetterman missed 53 of 64 votes in February and March. He suffered a stroke and had mental health issues. He has received the exact opposite treatment.

If Feinstein is still having complications at the three month mark, it’s quite possible that it won’t get better. Until then, I’m a bit disgusted at those using this opportunity to voice full throttled attacks questioning the motives and mental status of one of our longest sitting Democrats.

Calling for her resignation now doesn’t help anyone but the GOP.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

43. +1

The hypocrisy is on full display. And it stinks to high heaven.

This is supposed to the a forum that "supports" Democrats?

With "friends" like this, who needs enemies?

[Just A Box Of Rain]

42. NO she DOES NOT!

DUers NEED TO STOP the ongoing bashing of a deeply respected and beloved veteran Democratic Senator.

This is too fucking much already!!!